In "The Role of Art in a Period of Political Turmoil," at Spark Arts, artists are exhibiting work intended to catalyze civil conversations about a political climate that has been anything but. They’re also responding directly to Donald Trump’s attacks on the press. Proceeds from art sales will go to the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit newsroom and Civic’s parent organization.

Dance Mission Theater's Artistic Director Krissy Keefer and Managing Director Stella Adelman look back on 20 years of calling out injustice through dance in a changing political and environmental landscape, and persevering in a gentrifying city.

At a candidate debate hosted by the San Francisco Public Press and Mission Local and moderated by Mission Local managing editor Joe Eskenazi, the four candidates for District Attorney lay out their policy stances.

Voter are deciding on six measures this November. In this episode, hear summaries of the propositions, plus extended commentary on some issues from San Francisco Examiner reporter Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez and San Francisco State University associate professor of political science Jason McDaniel. See the full nonpartisan election guide at sfpublicpress.org/election2019.

On the anniversary of the devastating Loma Prieta quake, we hear from the USGS about the threat posed by the Hayward Fault, get an assessment from the Building Inspection Department of how the city's soft-story buildings would fare with major shaking, learn how neighbors can mobilize in a disaster with NERT, and bring dispatches from the unveiling of a statewide earthquake early warning system. Photo by J.K. Nakata // USGS

In What's New & What's Next, the Civic team offers a roundup of San Francisco news and a look at what's ahead on the city's calendar. This week: A car-free Market Street passes muster, PG&E rejects the city's offer on its power grid, and upcoming hearings on police reform and a proposed 193-unit housing development.

In these highlights from our conversations with incumbent Vallie Brown and challenger Dean Preston, you'll hear a lot about housing affordability. You can find full interviews with the candidates, as well as our interview with candidate Ryan Lam, at sfpublicpress.org/civic. We expect to be publishing an interview with candidate Nomvula O'Meara in the near future.

District 5 Supervisor candidate Ryan Lam, the youngest candidate in the race, on how he envisions better tenant protections might work, concerns about business taxes, and what could help address traffic deaths in the district.

District 5 Supervisor candidate and tenant advocate Dean Preston lays out his priorities for addressing housing affordability in San Francisco and looks back on his work as the founder of Tenants Together

District 5 Supervisor Vallie Brown, the incumbent running in November, talks about her work as a public servant, her vision for housing policy, and growing up living intermittently out of a van.